Tenant satisfaction measures survey: summary of approach

A summary of our approach describing how we collect tenant satisfaction information.

This relates to the tenant satisfaction measures survey 2023 to 2024.

You can also view a full copy of the complete tenant satisfaction measures questionnaire. This includes how we introduce the survey if you receive a phone call or email asking you to take part.

A. Summary of achieved sample size (number of responses)

2,759

B. Timing of survey

Quarterly – 1 June 2023 to 16 February 2024

C. Collection method(s)

Telephone (80%) and online via email (20%) with email/SMS reminders.

The learning about the survey collection methods tested in our pilot TSM survey 2022/23 was considered, to assess each for suitability. Responses from phone and online methods were found to compare well with the tenant profile, whilst for postal surveys engagement was low for younger and high for older tenants, and Retirement Life tenants were greatly overrepresented.

Combining phone and online methods enables a broader range of tenants to take part and both methods provide quick feedback and enable quotas to be set to get a representative response. Including online surveys alongside phone reduces the cost and enables further questions to be asked to provide additional insight, whilst offering a method that many tenants find quick and convenient. The proportion of online surveys was limited to 20% of the overall response, to minimise any detrimental effect on overall satisfaction seen through this method.

D. Sample method

Random stratified by Area, Age and Tenure, with quotas.

To understand which groups of tenants are most likely to affect satisfaction, the results from our 2022/23 pilot TSM survey were considered. The characteristics that were found to most affect satisfaction scores, with the greatest differences between groups, were: Housing Area, Tenure (General Needs or Retirement Life) and Age. Other groups showing differences in satisfaction were found to be either too small to be statistically significant (for example with mixed/multiple ethnicities) or linked to one of the above characteristics (in the case of Religion-None, which links strongly with younger tenants). 

Our sampling approach that targets quotas of each of these key characteristics (Area, Tenure and Age) based on their proportions within the tenant profile, to ensure that the opinions of different groups are accurately represented in the results. Further to this, surveys for the Housing Area covered by Belle Isle TMO (BITMO) have been oversampled out to provide useful information at this subgroup level. It is necessary to apply a statistical weighting to take account of this.

E. Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population

Including reference to the characteristics against which representativeness has been assessed.

Key to tables

Pop (N) = population in numbers
Pop (%) = population as a percentage
Sample (N) = sample in numbers
Sample (%) = sample as a percentage

Sex

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - sex
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
Female 31,664 61% 1,675 62%
Male 19,890 38% 1,035 38%
No data 418 1% 49 2%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Disabled

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - disabled
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
Disabled 9,200 18% 476 17%
Not disabled 27,946 54% 1,546 56%
No data 14,826 29% 737 26%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Ethnicity

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - ethnicity
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
White British 32,555 63% 1,679 61%
Ethnic Minority 9,660 19% 486 18%
No data 9,757 19% 594 21%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Asset type

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - asset type
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
Bedsit 242 0% 11 0%
Bungalow 2,919 6% 170 6%
Flat 13,712 26% 766 28%
High Rise 6,908 13% 356 13%
House 27,316 53% 1,408 51%
Maisonette 875 2% 48 2%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Ward

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - ward
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
Armley 2,541 5% 115 4%
Beeston and Holbeck 2,078 4% 109 4%
BelleIsle 1,809 3% 333 12%
Bramley 2,850 5% 137 5%
Burmantofts 1860 4% 93 3%
Gipton 2,622 5% 117 4%
Halton Moor and Osmondthorpe 1,359 3% 72 3%
Horsforth 3,421 7% 162 6%
Hunslet and Riverside 1,916 4% 95 3%
Kippax and Garforth 1,901 4% 97 4%
Kirkstall 2,486 5% 113 4%
Little London 2,244 4% 102 4%
Meanwood 2,797 5% 117 4%
Middleton 2,021 4% 96 3%
Morley 1,932 4% 101 4%
Pudsey 2,334 4% 126 5%
Richmond Hill 2,089 4% 95 3%
Rothwell 2,050 4% 104 4%
Seacroft North 2,405 5% 105 4%
Seacroft South 1,746 3% 90 3%
Swarcliffe 1,890 4% 103 4%
Weetwood 1,068 2% 53 2%
Wetherby 2172 4% 116 4%
Wortley 2,381 5% 108 4%
Grand total 51,972 2,759

Tenure

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - tenure
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
Extra Care 53 0% 4
 
0%
General Needs 47,798 92% 2,528 92%
Sheltered - CAT 1 218 0% 12 0%
Sheltered - CAT 2 3,903 8% 215 8%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Length of tenure

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - length of tenure
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
Less than 1 year 1,365 3% 133 5%
1 to 3 years 8,057 16% 528 19%
4 to 5 years 5,780 11% 301 11%
6 to 10 years 12,786 25% 633 23%
11 to 20 years 12,352 24% 576 21%
Over 20 years 11,548 22% 588 21%
No data 84 0% 0 0%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Age

 
Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - age
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
0 to 24 1,211 2% 91 3%
25 to 34 6,646 13% 348 13%
35 to 44 10,362 20% 525 19%
45 to 54 10,281 20% 496 18%
55 to 59 5,211 10% 273 10%
60 to 64 4,652 9% 272 10%
65 to 75 7,065 14% 400 14%
75 to 84 4,581 9% 277 10%
85 and over
 
1,901 4% 77 3%
No data 62 0% 0 0%
Grand Total 51,972 2,759

Number of bedrooms

Summary of the assessment of representativeness of the sample against the relevant tenant population - number of bedrooms
  Pop (N) Pop (%) Sample (N) Sample (%)
1 14,671 28% 412 31%
2 21,154 41% 573 42%
3 and over
 
16,146 31% 365 27%
No data 1,409
 
Grand Total 51,971 2,759

F. Any weighting applied to generate the reported perception measures

Including a reference to all characteristics used to weight results.

Approximately 1,800 of the of the 52,925 properties are managed by a Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO). BITMO requested we oversample this area to provide useful information at a subgroup level. Statistical weighting was applied to take account of this in the overall results. 

G. The role of any named external contractor(s) in collecting, generating, or validating the reported perception measures

Acuity Research and Practice Ltd.

Collecting, generating, validating reported perception measures.

H. The number of tenant households within the relevant population that have not been included in the sample frame due to the exceptional circumstances with a broad rationale for their removal

N/A

I. Reasons for any failure to meet the required sample size requirements

N/A

J. Type and amount of any incentives offered to tenants to encourage survey completion

N/A

K. Any other methodological issues likely to have a material impact on the tenant perception measures reported

N/A